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PAPER ROLL 50mm Filed Jan. 1923 Patented Feb. 24:, 1925.

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LOUIS F. BBASCH, 075' NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

, PAPER-ROLL HOLDER.

Application filed January To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS F. BnAsoH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Roll Holders, of which the following. is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved paper-roll holder which is designed to provide a rod on which the roll of paper rotates asthe paper is unreeled, but which is constructed so as to prevent the surreptitious removal of the roll entire without being unreeled.

In many locations, such as public schools, the loss of entire rolls of toilet paper constitutes in the aggregate a very large amount, and the present structure prevents such loss as the paper can only be removed by unrolling it from the roll.

To the end that the roll will be locked in place I provide a rod support with a lock that is key-operated in order to release it,

the lock securing a rod in the support, the rod forming a support for the roll.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a holder made according to my invention. Figure 2 is a sectional view looking from the top of Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a detail section taken on line 33 in Figure 2.

The device comprises two brackets 10 and 11 which are properly spaced apart, and they are usually fastened to a face plate 12 by screws 13, and also by heading or riveting the studs 14:,which are made integral with the brackets and passed through holes in the face plate and thenheaded.

The face plate is secured to the wall by the screws 15 which pass through holes in the face plate. The rod 16 forms the support for the roll of paper, the roll rotating on the support as the paper is pulled. The roll is not illustrated, as its manipulation is well known.

The bracket 10 has a recess 17 in which one end of the rod is inserted after passing through the opening or passage 18 in the bracket 11. To prevent the rod turning and thus give stability to the device, the pin or stud 19 is placed in the recess and the end of the rod has a slot 20 to receive the pin.

I provide a lock which guards the rod against removal except by one who is authorized to remove it, and I show a key- 4, 1923. Serial No. 610,602.

operated lock 21 screwed into the end of the rod 16, and which look is provided with a suitable latch 22 which looks the rod to the bracket 11. In the form shown the latch swings when the tumbler part 011 barre-l 23 of the latch is rotated by a key inserted therein at the end 22. The details of the lock are not shown, as this type of lock is well known.

The barrel 23 is eccentrically arranged in the lock 21, and the latch can be swung in and out of the rod through the slot 24, and when swung outward the latch bears against the inner face of the. bracket 11 and thus locks the rod against withdrawal. The lock is preferably placed in the end of the rod, which is tubular, and is usually arranged so that it is flush with the outer face of the bracket when the rod is in place, such position being necessary before the latch 22 will clear the inside face of the bracket. Suitable means, such as the screws 25, hold the lock in the rod, these screws being covered by the bracket when the rod is in place.

To prevent loss of the rod and to thus insure the complete operative device I provide a means for limiting the outward sliding movement of the rod, and I show one of such means, a flange 26 suitably fastened on the outside of the rod 16. This flange can be made in the form of a collar which is welded or otherwise secured in position.

The brackets are of comparatively large diameter, and the withdrawal to the limit of outward movement and subsequent re turn of the rod are necessary when a roll is to be put in place or the usual internal tube of a used roll is to be removed.

The device is substantial and is not subject to bending or distortion under normal use, and a roll placed therein can not be removed, unless by unwinding, unless the keyreleased lock is operated and the rod withdrawn.

I claim:

1. A paper roll holder comprising brackets with aligned openings to receive a rod, a rod to fit in said openings, the rod having a slot disposed so as to be at the inner face of one of the brackets when the rod is in position, a lock in the end of the rod, a barrel eccentrically arranged in the lock and having a latch projecting laterally therefrom so that when the barrel is turned in one direction the latch projects through the slot to lock the rod against removal and when turned in the other clirectionthe latch lies across the look and the rod can be Withdrawn.

2. A paper roll holder comprising brackets with aligned openings to receive a rod, a, rod to lit in said openings the rocl'hu x ing a slot disposed so as to heat the inner face of one oi the brackets when the rod is in position, a look in the end of the rod, a barrel eccentric-allyarranged in the lock and having a latch projecting laterally drawn, and means 011 the rod for limiting the outward movement thereof so that the rod cannot be entirely Withdrawn.

In testiinony'that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 2nd clay of January 1923.

LOUIS F. Eli-ASCII. 

